La Times Crossword Answers 12/23/25

Across Clues

• Answer for
  Root beer brand owned by Coca-Colais BARQS.
• Answer for
  Tightly closedis SHUT.
• Answer for
  Smile joyouslyis BEAM.
• Answer for
  Indigenous Alaskanis ALEUT.
• Answer for
  Work hard foris EARN.
• Answer for
  Feminine Spanish pronounis ELLA.
• Answer for
  Roman robesis TOGAS.
• Answer for
  Rather oftenis QUITEALOT.
• Answer for
  Jackie on the Hollywood Walk of Fameis CHAN.
• Answer for
  Mardi Gras, for one: Abbr.is TUE.
• Answer for
  Selling pointis ASSET.
• Answer for
  In large quantitiesis HANDOVERFIST.
• Answer for
  Name on a former lake in Central Asiais ARAL.
• Answer for
  “Guys and Dolls” composer Frankis LOESSER.
• Answer for
  “Been __, done that”is THERE.
• Answer for
  Chapel benchis PEW.
• Answer for
  Med. plan optionis HMO.
• Answer for
  Taunting remarkis EATYOURHEARTOUT.
• Answer for
  Chicken __ kingis ALA.
• Answer for
  Hundred Acre Wood joeyis ROO.
• Answer for
  Cropped upis AROSE.
• Answer for
  Antarctic body of water with penguin rookeriesis ROSSSEA.
• Answer for
  “Othello” frenemyis IAGO.
• Answer for
  NHL legend known as “The Great One”is WAYNEGRETZKY.
• Answer for
  Poker buy-insis ANTES.
• Answer for
  Final tallyis SUM.
• Answer for
  Prefix with -gramis SONO.
• Answer for
  Handmade backyard nest box, and an apt description of 18-, 23-, 37-, and 50-Acrossis BIRDHOUSE.
• Answer for
  Hollowed outis CORED.
• Answer for
  Crossword hintis CLUE.
• Answer for
  Finds a purpose foris USES.
• Answer for
  Blender setting for pumpkin pie fillingis PUREE.
• Answer for
  “As __ on TV”is SEEN.
• Answer for
  “Devil Inside” bandis INXS.
• Answer for
  Ring-shaped islandis ATOLL.

Vertical Clues

• Answer for
  Baker’s sheetfulis BATCH.
• Answer for
  “Welcome to Maui!”is ALOHA.
• Answer for
  Middle daughter of King Learis REGAN.
• Answer for
  Difficult situationis QUANDARY.
• Answer for
  MA, ME, MI, and MO, but not MUis STS.
• Answer for
  Follow-up filmis SEQUEL.
• Answer for
  Rutger of “Blade Runner”is HAUER.
• Answer for
  Ocean State sch.is URI.
• Answer for
  Blasting lettersis TNT.
• Answer for
  __ of burden: plow-pulling animalsis BEASTS.
• Answer for
  Letter-shaped pipe jointsis ELLS.
• Answer for
  __ vera gelis ALOE.
• Answer for
  “The Simpsons” creator Groeningis MATT.
• Answer for
  “At __, soldier!”is EASE.
• Answer for
  FDR energy projectis TVA.
• Answer for
  Dirt pie cookieis OREO.
• Answer for
  Escape in a hurryis FLEE.
• Answer for
  Ames localeis IOWA.
• Answer for
  “Go on, git!”is SHOO.
• Answer for
  Big birds of Australiais EMUS.
• Answer for
  Learning by repetitionis ROTE.
• Answer for
  Salty dropis TEAR.
• Answer for
  Saintly glowis HALO.
• Answer for
  Airport pickup figs.is ETAS.
• Answer for
  Vietnamese soupis PHO.
• Answer for
  Manhattan Project scientist Haroldis UREY.
• Answer for
  Multicolored horseis ROAN.
• Answer for
  All the __: very popularis RAGE.
• Answer for
  Brings forward for displayis TROTSOUT.
• Answer for
  Country between Finland and Norwayis SWEDEN.
• Answer for
  Merit badge holderis SASH.
• Answer for
  “Well, maybe”is IGUESS.
• Answer for
  Sleeveis ARM.
• Answer for
  English county south of Suffolkis ESSEX.
• Answer for
  Masked vigilante whose name is Spanish for “fox”is ZORRO.
• Answer for
  Genuflectis KNEEL.
• Answer for
  Alpine songis YODEL.
• Answer for
  School basicsis ABCS.
• Answer for
  Aswan’s riveris NILE.
• Answer for
  Factualis TRUE.
• Answer for
  French yesis OUI.
• Answer for
  Top Gun org.is USN.
• Answer for
  Audit firm prois CPA.